OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 24 shown for “Two Apostles” — 64 records examined, 13 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 21:48 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
Two Apostles

Two Apostles

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1320–35

Public domainThe Met
The Assumption of the Virgin, by Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

The Assumption of the Virgin

Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863 · 1820–1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque with Christ enthroned with two Apostles

Plaque with Christ enthroned with two Apostles

Artist not stated in the record · 850–875

Public domainThe Met
Two Apostles, by Luca Giordano, Italian, 1634 - 1705

Two Apostles

Luca Giordano, Italian, 1634 - 1705 · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Two Seated Apostles from a Pentecost Scene

Two Seated Apostles from a Pentecost Scene

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1245–48

Public domainThe Met
Christ on the Mount of Olives (Agony in the Garden), from the Great Passion

Christ on the Mount of Olives (Agony in the Garden), from the Great Passion

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1498

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Two Scenes of Christ and the Apostles

Two Scenes of Christ and the Apostles

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 850–900

Public domainThe Met
Saint Andrew and Saint Thomas, by Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550

Saint Andrew and Saint Thomas

Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550 · 1520

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Reliquary Casket with the Deesis, Archangels, and the Twelve Apostles

Reliquary Casket with the Deesis, Archangels, and the Twelve Apostles

Artist not stated in the record · 950–1000

Public domainThe Met
Saint Simon and Saint Thaddeus, by Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550

Saint Simon and Saint Thaddeus

Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550 · 1520

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Virgin from a Pentecost Scene and the Figure of Saint Martin

The Virgin from a Pentecost Scene and the Figure of Saint Martin

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1245–48

Public domainThe Met
Saint Bartholomew and Saint Matthias, by Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550

Saint Bartholomew and Saint Matthias

Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550 · 1520

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panagiarion with the Virgin and Child and the Three Angels at Mamre (interior) and the Crucifixion and Three Church Fathers (exterior)

Panagiarion with the Virgin and Child and the Three Angels at Mamre (interior) and the Crucifixion and Three Church Fathers (exterior)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1500 or later

Public domainThe Met
Saint Matthew and Saint John, by Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550

Saint Matthew and Saint John

Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550 · 1520

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Group of Apostles, by Hippolyte Flandrin

Group of Apostles

Hippolyte Flandrin · 1854–61

Public domainThe Met
Saint Peter and Saint Paul, by Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550

Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550 · 1520

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Last Judgment, by Joos van Cleve

The Last Judgment

Joos van Cleve · ca. 1525–30

Public domainThe Met
Three Apostles, by Federico Zuccaro, Italian, 1542 – 1609

Three Apostles

Federico Zuccaro, Italian, 1542 – 1609 · ca. 1540–1609

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Two apostle spoons

Two apostle spoons

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1600

Public domainThe Met
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · 1803

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Death of the Virgin (The Dormition), by Tilman Heysacker

The Death of the Virgin (The Dormition)

Tilman Heysacker · late 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Sheath for a Cutlery Set, by W G W

Sheath for a Cutlery Set

W G W · 1589

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · ca. 1504

Public domainThe Met
Christ Appearing to the Apostles at the Sea of Gallilee (Lake Tiberias), the Miraculous Draught of Fishes, by Jacob Jordaens, Flemish, 1593 - 1678

Christ Appearing to the Apostles at the Sea of Gallilee (Lake Tiberias), the Miraculous Draught of Fishes

Jacob Jordaens, Flemish, 1593 - 1678 · ca. 1650–1670

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 198 matched · 24 examined · 2 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 49999 matched · 40 examined · 11 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.12 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-28 21:48 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.